Transseptal Leftventricular Endocardial Pacing is an Alternative Technique in Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy. One Year Experience in a High Volume Center

• Main Authors: Neuhoff I. (Author), Szilágyi S. (Author), Molnár L. (Author), Osztheimer I. (Author), Zima E. (Author), Dan G.A (Author), Merkely B. (Author), Gellér L. (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Sciendo, 2016-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. In patients receiving cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT), failure rate to implant the left ventricular (LV) lead by the traditional trans-venous approach is 4-8%. Surgical epicardial implantation is considered as an alternative, but this technique is not without morbidity. Evidenc...